I Never Plagiarized...Murtala Didn't Know What He Was Talking About - Ursula Owusu Fights Back
Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has denied plagiarizing a statement from the Nigerian Communication Commission.
The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, accused Ursula of plagiarism after she gave a briefing on the country's network challenges in Parliament.
According to Murtala, “Parliament is a house of records and when Ministers are to appear before Parliament to provide information of a very important issue like the internet interruption we are facing, the least we expect from the Minister is to tell us something that is not original.
“When the minister was making the statement, I went to the Nigerian Communication Commission website, and I realized that many of the things the minister said were taken directly from a statement which was issued by the Nigerian Communication Commission word to word and I really think it is just unacceptable.
“But some of us are not surprised, H.E. the president in his first inaugural address, plagiarized four American presidents.”
However, responding to this during a discussion on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', the Communication Minister gave a response saying: "I just realized he didn't know what he was talking about so there was no need for me to give him a response in Parliament. Sometimes you have to overlook some of these things; probably he said it in jest. I didn't think it was something that needed to be given oxygen of publicity so I ignored him...I didn't plagiarize"
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